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Salvador Sanchez was like 23 when he died, but he had already beaten Danny LopezX2, Ruben Castillo, Wilfredo Gomez, and Azumah Nelson, he might not have the longest legacy, but he was 18 when he lost a split decision.

Ricardo Finito Lopez was a great fighter, but he didn't really fight anyone special, and the best guy he fought put up a really good fight in Alvarez.
Lopez is hurt by the fact that he fought in Boxing's smallest division. Which is the most ignored division. But just cuz a lot people don't know the fighters doesn't mean there not good. Alvarez, Sorjaturong and Grigsby were outstanding fighters. Several others were very good. Lopez was a great fighter. He had great skills. And he also had great heart. A lot of people don't know that the second fight with Alvarez really shouldn't of happened. Alvarez came in over weight. But Lopez was still bothered by the draw in there first fight. So he said "who cares" we still fighting. He got the SD win over the bigger Alvarez in a great fight

Sanchez was a great fighter. No denying that. But the fact that he died early I think has elevated his status more than it should. He had some great wins. But there easy to pick at. Lopez I think was a one-dimensional fighter. He was good. But he was no where near great. Gomez was great. But he fought Sanchez above his best weight. He was the smaller fighter. Nelson put up a great effort. But come now. That was a pre-prime Nelson. He was still a little green. Before Sanchez died there was talk of him facing Alexis Arguello. A fight I think he would of lost.

Factor every thing in and I rate Lopez over Sanchez
I've seen both of them, and I like Salvador more, I think p4p he would beat Lopez. You can arguements anyway you want, but IMO he was a superior version of JCC who could do more in the ring. I strongly disagree about Lopez's opponents, I've seen a few of his fights like the ones against Alvarez, and they were definitely good fighters, but they weren't great by any stretch of the imagination. Lopez was a really good fighter, but he didn't have the opposition anyone else in the top 10 had, I think him being undefeated makes people overrate him, they tend to forget about the comparatively low opposition he had.

In fact I would place JMM, Barrera and Morrales probably in front of him. They all have accomplished so much, and especially JMM doesnt' deserve the shadow that was cast by Barrera or Morales on him, I think Barrera still deserves to be in first place though, he could fight the most ways, he became an equal boxer with JMM, and he was the best brawler out of the three. Him and JMM had probably the fastest hands of all the great mexican boxers IMO.